The flop read when we found Dong Guo and Scott Mahin heads up in the hand. Guo checked over to Mahin who tossed out 80,000. Guo slid out a check-raise to 200,000 and Mahin called.
The dropped down on the turn and Guo quickly announced that he was all in. This was actually a bet for Mahin's tournament life and in the end he opted to lay his cards down. Guo pulled the pot and now has 3.9 million in chips.
After a preflop raising war it was Peter Placey who ended up all in for 1,740,000 and he was up against Matthew Haugen, who started the day as the chip leader.
Haugen:
Placey:
The board ran out and Placey made a flush, as four spades popped up. Placey couldn't believe what had happened and in shock he received the chips from Haugen.
After a series of preflop raises, Lee Taylor was all in and at risk for roughly two million chips holding . Unfortunately for him, Dan Sindelar had him crushed with .
The pocket aces held as the board rolled out , and Taylor was eliminated. Sindelar climbed to 5.45 million chips.
We're halfway through Level 25, which is the appointed time to conclude Day 5 action. The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play four more hands at each table before bagging and tagging for the night.
We're headed out to the field to capture any last-minute action and to compile official chip counts. Stay tuned for those as well as a full recap of the Day 5 action.
We're not sure how the preflop action unfolded, but we do know it resulted in Thomas Applegate getting his stack of 545,000 all in against Brian Hastings.
Applegate:
Hastings:
Applegate had Hastings dominated thanks to his kicker, but he still got up out of his seat to watch the flop. A look of disappointment crossed Applegate's face when the flop gave Hastings the lead with jacks and eights. As the dealer burned and turned the , Applegate grabbed his backpack and slung it over his shoulder. The dealer then burned one more time and put out the . Applegate failed to catch a queen and his 2014 WSOP Main Event came to an end.
Paul Senter raised to 80,000 in the cutoff, Jason Johnson called on his direct left, and Stuart Rutter three-bet to 245,000 out of the small blind. Senter moved all in for 970,000, Johnson folded, and Rutter tossed his cards into the muck as well.
Hunter Cichy raised from middle position, Isaac Baron three-bet to 180,000 on the button, Cichy four-bet to 320,000 and Baron called.
The flop fell and Cichy bet 235,000. Baron called, the hit the turn and Cichy checked to Baron who bet 175,000. After about 30 seconds Cichy raised all in for about 640,000 and Baron quickly called.
Cichy:
Baron:
The river was no help to Cichy, ending his Main Event. Baron is up to about 2.73 million.
From late position, Jorryt van Hoof opened to 85,000 and Nicholas Nardello three-bet shoved all in for 305,000 from the hijack. Van Hoof made the call and the cards were tabled.
Nardello:
Van Hoof:
The dealer spread a board to see Nardello eliminated while van Hoof climbed to 3,815,000 in chips.
Griffin Benger was the chip leader early on Day 5, but things went south for the online superstar as soon as he sat down at the ESPN Feature Table. On his final hand, Benger opened to 85,000 from middle position and Chad Eveslage repopped him to 190,000 from the button. Benger moved all in for 1,105,000 and Eveslage snapped him off.
Benger:
Eveslage:
It got worse quickly for Benger on the flop, giving Eveslage middle set. Benger stood up to see the on the turn leave him drawing dead, and the completed the board to send him to the rail.
flop gave Finstein outs to a straight, but when the turn landed the 
, they reduced to just four of the sixes in the deck.
on the river and Tuthill doubled to over 1 million.
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dropped down on the turn and Guo quickly announced that he was all in. This was actually a bet for Mahin's tournament life and in the end he opted to lay his cards down. Guo pulled the pot and now has 3.9 million in chips.
and Placey made a flush, as four spades popped up. Placey couldn't believe what had happened and in shock he received the chips from Haugen.
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, and Taylor was eliminated. Sindelar climbed to 5.45 million chips.
flop gave Hastings the lead with jacks and eights. As the dealer burned and turned the 
. Applegate failed to catch a queen and his 2014 WSOP Main Event came to an end.
and Cichy bet 235,000. Baron called, the 
board to see Nardello eliminated while van Hoof climbed to 3,815,000 in chips.
flop, giving Eveslage middle set. Benger stood up to see the 
